湉

湉 U+6E49, 湉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E49 ← 湈 [U+6E48] CJK Unified Ideographs 湊 → [U+6E4A]

Translingual

Han character

湉 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水心竹口 (EPHR), four-corner 3216₄, composition ⿰氵恬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 636, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17821
• Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1687, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6E49

Chinese

trad.		湉
simp. #		湉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
餂	*l̥ʰeːmʔ
恬	*l'eːm
湉	*l'eːm
甜	*l'iːm
狧	*l̥ʰaːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'eːm) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 恬 (OC *l'eːm).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tián (tian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²
    • Yale: tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
    • Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tim⁴
    • Yale: tìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dem

Rime
Character	湉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒兼切
Baxter	dem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dem/
Pan Wuyun	/dem/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛm/
Li Rong	/dem/
Wang Li	/diem/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'eːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湉
Reading #	1/1
No.	12407
Phonetic component	甜
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	甜
Old Chinese	/*l'eːm/

Definitions

湉

1. (literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)

Compounds

• 湉湉

 

Japanese

Kanji

湉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten); でん (den)

Korean

Hanja

湉 • (cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏm)

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